Microwave synthesis of CuO/NiO magnetic nanocomposites and its application in photo-degradation of methyl orange

In this work CuO/NiO nanocomposites were synthesized via a fast microwave method at short period of time. The prepared products were characterized by X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Alternating gradient force magnetometer (AGFM) illustrated ferro-magnetic behaviour of CuO/NiO nanocomposites. The photocatalytic behaviour of CuO/NiO nanocomposites was evaluated using the degradation of methyl orange under ultraviolet light irradiation. The results show that nanocomposites have applicable magnetic and photocatalytic performance.